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Were the originals designed to shoot round balls or conicals. Most of the Civil War era 44s I’ve dug up were solid base conicals.

From the Virginia Citizens Defense League: Do you know someone suffering from Gun Derangement Syndrome? Gun Derangement Syndrome, or GDS, is a severe mental disorder characterized by irrational beliefs and behaviors despite objective evidence. There is no age, sex, race, or other demographic...

It’s good to see that the fellowship of the forum prevails. I believe that every moment of anger robs me of a minute of happiness. So I don’t tend to get angry over personal attacks, but I do find that I really enjoy the happiness that getting even brings.

In my son’s dept it’s called the Hostage Rescue Team (HRT). For barricaded subjects they call in SWAT or as he calls it: social worker and therapist.

Should have backed up and run over the shooter again!

If someone gave me one the first thing I’d do is spray paint it black so perhaps I could at least scare an attacker away.

If the barrel appears to be worn I wouldn’t give it a second glance.

Here’s a picture from their webpage. Cost is $579. I wonder how many have been sold? To me these are in the “better than a sharp stick” category.

That’s what we taught in drivers ed classes.

Sorry your day was so frustrating. Hope your next day at the range goes better.😁

Here’s a 1943 Colt 1911A1 for comparison.

I had a friend that had a Mauser M712 "Schnellfeuer" which was a selective-fire machine pistol developed in the early 1930s as a modified, detachable-magazine version. The bad thing was it was a vet bring back that had the barrel welded up which made it an expensive paper weight...

Maybe, we the people, should require budding politicians should pass classes that demonstrate they understand what it means to follow the will of the people before we the people issue them a license to serve.

How about Steve McQueen's "Mare's Leg" in Wanted: Dead or Alive which was a cut-down Winchester Model 1892: https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/wanted-dead-or-alive-s-mare-s-leg-how-effective-is-it-really/#:~:text=But%20perhaps%20no%20TV%20western,anywhere%20else%20for%20that%20matter.

Killing’s poem reminds me that there is never enough time to spend with your buddy that loves you unconditionally. There are no happy endings when you give your heart to a dog; only a sad one.

This is Axel. He lives in my heart now.

In Virginia our state legislators just passed a law that classes a handgun with a threaded barrel as an assault weapon which now means you couldn’t carry it on a public street.

Reminds me of something I saw as a kid:

I love Tom Mabe’s approach: